Philippines Cable Operators Battle Mobile TV
Philippines regulators have ordered Philippine Long Distance Telephone and its subsidiaries Smart Communications and MediaQuest Holdings to justify its myTV mobile television service in the face of opposition from cable providers. About 300 local operators are petitioning the National Telecommunications Commission to pull the plug on PLDT's mobile broadcast initiative, claiming the service is anti-competitive and infringes on their broadcast permits.
"Under the existing rules and guidelines, only cable television companies are allowed to engage in the provisioning of pay TV," said Philippine Cable Television Association president Alan Dungao.
Smart Communications launched myTV in March; the test broadcast issued by the NTC for the trial expired October 15. In a two-page order, NTC announced a hearing for next month to allow PLDT to explain its side of the controversy. [FierceMobileContent]
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